Rotten
At 81 minutes with credits, Jonah Hex feels crude, lazy and entirely perfunctory.
Tom Huddleston, Time Out
Jonah Hex
Revenge gets ugly.
2010 · 1h 22m · PG-13
Action, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller, Western
Directed by
Jimmy Hayward
Overview
Gunslinger Jonah Hex is appointed by President Ulysses Grant to track down terrorist Quentin Turnbull, a former Confederate officer determined on unleashing hell on earth. Jonah not only secures freedom by accepting this task, he also gets revenge on the man who slew his wife and child.
Director and cast
- Jimmy Hayward Director
- Megan Fox as Leila
- Josh Brolin as Jonah Hex
- John Malkovich as Turnbull
- Michael Shannon as Doc Cross Williams
- Michael Fassbender as Burke
- Brandi Coleman as Olean
- Aidan Quinn as Ulysses S. Grant
- David Jensen as Turnbull's Guard
- Wes Bentley as Adleman Lusk
- Natacha Itzel as Jonah's Wife
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
12%
Tomatometer
Rotten
There's just one ingredient missing: anyone with a clue.
Rafer Guzman, Newsday
Rotten
All three of you clamoring for a sequel to Wild Wild West have got your wish.
Keith Uhlich, Time Out New York
Rotten
Begins affably enough as a random slew of Leone-style squint-a-thons and shoot-outs but then loses it way in a dopey, anachronism-happy sci-fi plot.
Cliff Doerksen, Chicago Reader
Rotten
Calling Jonah Hex a waste of time requires qualification, given the action flick weighs in at 82 minutes.
Stephen Cole, Globe and Mail
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